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| Hi there,
I am just curious if anyone has any remedies to try for a horse that may have ulcers. He has been getting cinchy, and he would be a prime candidate for ulcers. I know I need to use the actual medicine to cure them but also heard that you can feed them tums or mylanta to see if it makes a difference first. Any suggestions are helpful. I have a few races this weekend and would like to see if I can try and help him out before then. Thanks! |
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| Do a google search for " Ulcers Barrel Horse World". You will have enough reading it will take you until this weekend to read it all. Lots and lots of discussions on here on this topic.  |
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The Advice Guru
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| I would be going to a tack store and getting specific equine products
Milk of magnesia
Ulcer guard
There are so many different products to help soothe the stomach available for horses, I would go this route before I would go to a human form so I am not guesstimating on the dosage.
Also I would be starting omeprazole at the same time, as the above will not cure.
I had one have a gastric bleed 6 yrs ago we almost lost her, still dealing with the ramifications, I take all symptoms seriously and treat |
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| Thanks for the information. I will head to feed store after work today. |
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 The Bling Princess
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Location: North Dakota | I've had success with Ulcergard and Equisure. Last time I hauled we were away from home 5 days and not one of those days did he get the poops or exhibit signs of a tummy ache. |
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 Husband Spoiler
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Location: North Dakota | http://www.equinerxsolutions.com. Her omeprazole suspension is lab proven for stability and potency and made in the United States, governed by the Boards of Pharmacy. She uses USA human grade pharmaceuticals and it is molasses flavored. It is $200 for 30 days at treatment dosage or $6.60 a day at the treatment level. My horse actually enjoys taking it everyday. At first she started off not really looking forward to getting a syringe shoved in her mouth everyday but quickly she realized it tasted much better than dewormer...lol. You can top dress your feed with it as well. I just prefer to syringe it so I can closely moniter how much she is getting. |
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| cheryl makofka - 2015-05-13 11:52 AM
I would be going to a tack store and getting specific equine products
Milk of magnesia
Ulcer guard
There are so many different products to help soothe the stomach available for horses, I would go this route before I would go to a human form so I am not guesstimating on the dosage.
Also I would be starting omeprazole at the same time, as the above will not cure.
I had one have a gastric bleed 6 yrs ago we almost lost her, still dealing with the ramifications, I take all symptoms seriously and treat
Cheryl I've been meaning to ask was it you that used papaya for horses? For ulcers?
Seriously considering natural alternatives for prevention on a very ulcer prone horse.
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Location: Willows, CA | This is a two step issue. Number one, if your horse has ulcers you need to go to the expense and time to cure them. Once that has been done, the bigger issue is to do everything you can to avoid the problem again. Curing ulcers just to have a management program that promotes another round of them creates a long term health risk that, in most cases can be managed. Limit starch and sugar from concentrates in the ration by limiting grain based feeds to under two pounds per feeding. Maintain roughage availability at all times. This can be with pasture access and/or slow feeders for hay. Having some alfalfa in the program, if a safe source is available, can help by providing a higher calcium level for the diet. Making sure that they have access to roughage does not mean that they actually eat it. One of the most overlooked parts of ulcer prevention, that I see literally every day, is failure to maintain proper teeth condition. If a horse has either a rough edge on the outside of the upper back teeth or hooks on the inside of the lower back teeth this will cause cheek or tongue irritation. This may mean that even if they eat normally, they may not chew as much as they would otherwise. A horse only makes saliva when they chew. The saliva, and the roughage that they pick at all day, is the stomachs natural buffer to the acid that they produce constantly. Take that buffer away, or reduce it because of chewing less, and the chances for new ulcer development is increased. The best way to manage an ulcer horse once they have been cured is to not get them again. |
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Location: Sunny So Cal | GastroPLUS has worked great for me! It's a natural alternative and my horses love it. Give Krystal a call, she can tell you all about it and get you the best prices. |
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  A Lady with Fight
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Location: NC | THE GastroPLUS.
It has every ingredient I've heard of that helps stomach issues. And it worked on a horse I suspected of having ulcers. He just looked miserable. Wouldn't eat all at once. Paced. Skinny. Dull rough coat. So I did one round of GastroPLUS and switched him to a senior feed. He's a thousand times better than he was when I started!
I was always the one yelling about how you NEED omeptazole to heal them. Then I looked further into it and how you're supposed to give a dose of omeprazole every day for pretty much eternity. You're giving something that limits acid production. If you just stop using it, the acid comes back. Possibly worse.
Also remember that good husbandry helps prevent and keep ulcers from flaring up. Lots of turnout. Forage. And low starch, high fat feed. |
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